Grateful Dead Hour no. 1820

August 6th, 2023

Week of August 7, 2023

Part 1 32:09
Grateful Dead 4/7/78 Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines FL
PROMISED LAND
SUGAREE
CASSIDY
TENNESSEE JED

Part 2 22:58
Dead & Company 7/2/23 Folsom Field, Boulder CO
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
Goose 7/4/23 Stone Pony Summer Stage, Asbury Park NJ
US BLUES
Grateful Dead, Here Comes Sunshine 1973 (Rhino)
BIG RIVER (5/26/73)

This Dead & Company performance of “Fire on the Mountain” is unique: in addition to the usual lead vocal by bassist Oteil Burbridge, we were treated to a vocal performance by Mickey Hart! Mickey co-wrote the song with Robert hunter, and there is an unreleased studio recording from the mid-’70s that features Mickey singing! You can hear it here. The lyrics were pretty different, too. Mickey came down from the drum rider and sang his verse near the end of the song, just this one time.

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Grateful Dead Hour no. 1819

July 30th, 2023

Week of July 31, 2023

Part 1 25:50
Dead & Company 7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco
HELP ON THE WAY->
SLIPKNOT!->
FRANKLIN’S TOWER

Part 2 29:59
Dead & Company 7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco
DAYS BETWEEN->
CUMBERLAND BLUES

All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions (Rhino)
THAT’S A TOUCH I LIKE

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Grateful Dead Hour no. 1818

July 23rd, 2023

Week of July 24, 2023

Part 1 34:13
Dead & Company 7/1/23 Folsom Field, Boulder CO
ST STEPHEN
EYES OF THE WORLD

Part 2 21:27
Grateful Dead, Here Comes Sunshine 1973 (Rhino)
TRUCKIN’ (5/13/73)
Joe Craven and the Sometimers, Garcia Songbook (Blender Logic)
GOMORRAH

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Gans gigs in the Bay Area

July 17th, 2023

Saturday, July 22 (2pm and 7pm shows): The Barton Hills Choir at the Ashkenaz, Berkeley. Gavin Tabone is bringing his nationally-renowned, Austin-based children’s singing group to Berkeley! They’ve released two albums of Grateful Dead songs! This program will feature Dead songs, and more! Jen Rund on bass, Neil Hampton on drums, DG on guitar.
Tickets for the 2:00 show
Tickets for the 7:00 show

Sunday, July 23: David Gans and Broken Angels at the Baltic Kiss, Point Richmond CA. DG, Lorna Kollmeyer, Myles Boisen, Joshua Raoul Brody, Joe Kyle Jr., and Jeff Hobbs!

Wednesday, July 26: DG, Joe Rut, and Dave Jess at Luigi’s Deli in Martinez CA. Dead tunes and more.

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1817

July 16th, 2023

Week of July 17, 2023

Part 1 26:48
Dead & Company 6/24/23 Fenway Park, Boston
DARK STAR/BIG RIVER JAM->
THE OTHER ONE JAM

Dead & Company 6/27/23 Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville IN
BIG RIVER->
DARK STAR

Interview: Bob Weir 7/11/23

Part 2 28:37
Interview: John Mayer 7/11/23
Dead & Company 7/1/23 Folsom Field, Boulder CO
SUGAR MAGNOLIA->
SCARLET BEGONIAS->
SUNSHINE DAYDREAM

Grateful Dead, Here Comes Sunshine 1973 (Rhino)
SUGAREE

Dead & Company recordings are available in a variety of audio and video formats from nugs.net This tour has been spectacular from start to finish!

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Grateful Dead Hour no. 1816

July 9th, 2023

Week of July 10, 2023

Part 1 30:37
Grateful Dead 3/9/85 Berkeley Community Theater
SPACE->
THE OTHER ONE->
THE WHEEL->
SUGAR MAGNOLIA

Part 2 25:16
Grateful Dead 3/9/85 Berkeley Community Theater
IT’S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE
Grateful Dead, Here Comes Sunshine 1973 (Rhino)
HERE COMES SUNSHINE (5/20/73)
The Waybacks and Friends, One Way or Another (waybacks.com)
HIGH TIME

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Our Deadhead friends at Nutribullet, makers of juicers, blenders, and other kitchen tools!

Section 119, offering licensed apparel featuring the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Phish, and other music legends. All your summer tour gear in one place! Lots more information at section119.com/gdh

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1815

July 2nd, 2023

Week of July 3, 2023

Part 1 18:50
Grateful Dead 3/9/85 Berkeley Community Theater
LET IT GROW
Grateful Dead, Here Comes Sunshine 1973 (Rhino)
AROUND AND AROUND (5/26/73)

Part 2 32:29
Grateful Dead 3/9/85 Berkeley Community Theater
CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER->
CUMBERLAND BLUES->
I NEED A MIRACLE->
EYES OF THE WORLD->

Charlie Miller has done some impressive work cleaning up some digital audio artifacts in this 3/9/85 recording!

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:

Our Deadhead friends at Nutribullet, makers of juicers, blenders, and other kitchen tools!

The Jerry Garcia Family and Round Records, announcing GarciaLive vol. 20 showcasing the Jerry Garcia Band’s high-flying June 18th 1982 performance in Cape Cod. GarciaLive Vol. 20 is a 2-CD Set & digital download, available now at GarciaFamilyProvisions.com

Section 119, offering licensed apparel featuring the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Phish, and other music legends. All your summer tour gear in one place! Lots more information at section119.com/gdh

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1814

June 25th, 2023

Week of June 26, 2023

Part 1 38:22
Dead & Company 6/9/23 Wrigley Field, Chicago (nugs.net)
CRAZY FINGERS->
DANCING IN THE STREET

Dead & Company 6/10/23 Wrigley Field, Chicago (nugs.net)
TRUCKIN’->
SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING

Part 2 17:42
Jerry Garcia Band, GarciaLive vol 20 (Round Records)
VALERIE
Dave McMurray, Grateful Deadication vol 2 (Blue Note)
CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER

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Our Deadhead friends at Nutribullet, makers of juicers, blenders, and other kitchen tools!

The Rye Bread Music and Arts Festival, July 27 through 30 at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds, just north of Albany, New York. Oteil and Friends, North Mississippi Allstars, Cool Cool Cool,  Duane Betts, Brown Eyed Women, and many more. Weekend passes are available now at ryebreadfest.com

The Jerry Garcia Family and Round Records, announcing GarciaLive vol. 20 showcasing the Jerry Garcia Band’s high-flying June 18th 1982 performance in Cape Cod. GarciaLive Vol. 20 is a 2-CD Set & digital download coming June 30th and available for pre-order now at GarciaFamilyProvisions.com

Section 119, offering licensed apparel featuring the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Phish, and other music legends. All your summer tour gear in one place! Lots more information at section119.com/gdh

Today is my 1000th livestream

June 21st, 2023

Today I will play my 1000th online live show.

When my gigs started getting canceled in March of 2020, I decided to start playing a live set online every day. It’s been fun, and I’ve made some decent money doing it, and it led to my opening an online store that has also served me well. And along the way, I made a bunch of new friends!

Today’s set happens an hour early because I have another gig later. Please join me today (6/21/23) at 3pm Pacific, 6pm Eastern (I usually play at 4pm PT)

YouTube
Twitter
Facebook
Streamstock

Tip jar, CDs, signed books, t-shirts, and mugs: perfectible.net

Peter Hartlaub wrote about me in the San Francisco Chronicle:



Gans gigs outside the house

June 19th, 2023

I am in the process of dragging my web site into the 21st century. In the meantime, here’s some info on upcoming performances other than my livestreams from home:

Thursday, July 13: Joe Craven & DG & guest TBA at the Monkey House, Berkeley CA
Saturday, July 22 (2pm and 7pm shows): The Barton Hills Choir at the Ashkenaz, Berkeley
Sunday, July 23: David Gans and Broken Angels at the Baltic Kiss, Point Richmond CA
Wednesday, July 26: DG, Joe Rut, and Dave Jess at Luigi’s Deli, Martinez CA
Saturday, August 5: The Music Room at Carillon Kennesaw GA
Sunday, August 6: Jerry Day ATL, Atlanta

Wednesday, August 16: Joe Craven & DG & guest TBA at the Monkey House, Berkeley CA
Thursday, August 17: DG, Mokai, and James Nash at the Hotel Utah, San Francisco
Sunday, August 20: GBB Fest VII, Ridgefield WA
Wednesday, August 23: Fragile Thunder Duo (DG and Anela Lauren) at the Dolphin Playhouse, Coos Bay OR
Saturday, August 26: Art.Heart.Soul Music Microfest, Vashon WA

Wednesday, October 4: DG, Joe Craven, and Josh Gordon at Piazza’s Pine Cone Inn, Kernville CA

Details to follow.


Photo by Rita Hurault

DG’s livestream schedule June 19-25

June 19th, 2023

I’m working for nugs.net on the Dead & Company tour* (through mid-July), so I play my daily livestream early on show days. Here’s my performing schedule for this week (all times Pacific):

Monday, June 19: 4pm
Tuesday, June 20: 4pm
Wednesday, June 21: 3pm
Thursday, June 22: 4pm
Friday, June 23: 5pm
(LATE start! I have a recording session earlier in the day)
Saturday, June 24: Quaranpalooza, a monthly online music festival. I play in the 2pm hour.
Sunday, June 25: no livestream (I have Tales from the Golden Road 1-3pm and then the DeadCo show from Fenway Park at 4)

These days I stream in five places:
YouTube
Twitter
Streamstock
Facebook (Grateful Music LLC)
Facebook (David Gans)

Tip jar, CDs, signed books, t-shirts, and mugs: perfectible.net

*Gary Lambert and I cohost an interview series titled DEAD AIR, broadcast between sets on the nugs.net livestreams. It also shows up on the nugsnet YouTube channel and Dead & Company’s socials as the “Free set II preview” of each day’s show. Here is an archive of previous programs.

DG in Georgia in August

June 18th, 2023

I have been invited to perform at Jerry Day ATL on Sunday, August 6!
And on Saturday, August 5, I’ll play a show in the Music Room at Carillon in Kennnesaw.

Details to follow.

Daily livestream update

June 18th, 2023

I won’t have time to play a live set today!

I’ve got Tales from the Golden Road from 1 to 3, and then I’ll be working the Dead & Company show for nugs.net starting at 4.

I’ll be back in the studio with a live performance tomorrow (Monday 6/19) at 4pm PT. I’ll play Tuesday at 4, Wednesday and Thursday at 3, and Friday at 4.

Next Saturday I’ll be playing QuaranPalooza (in the 2pm hour), and next Sunday I’ll have to take the day off again.

Here’s a link to order a ticket for Quaranpalooza – come hang out with the musicians in the Zoom chat!

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1813

June 18th, 2023

Week of June 19, 2023

Part 1 24:30
Dead & Company 5/26/23 Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas TX
LOST SAILOR->
SAINT OF CIRCUMSTANCE

Dave McMurray, Grateful Deadication vol 2 (Blue Note)
SCARLET BEGONIAS (featuring Oteil Burbridge)

Part 2 31:12
Dead & Company 5/26/23 Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas TX
PLAYING IN THE BAND->
UNCLE JOHN’S BAND

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:

Our Deadhead friends at Nutribullet, makers of juicers, blenders, and other kitchen tools! Nutribullet.com


Pasta Jay’s in Boulder, Colorado. Pasta Jay’s has been a gathering place for Deadheads in Colorado for more than 30 years, and it’s walking distance from Folsom Field! Pasta Jay’s, 1001 Pearl Street in Boulder.


The Rye Bread Music and Arts Festival, July 27 through 30 at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds, just north of Albany, New York. Oteil and Friends, North Mississippi Allstars, Cool Cool Cool,  Duane Betts, Brown Eyed Women, and many more. Weekend passes are available now at ryebreadfest.com.

Section 119, offering licensed apparel featuring the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Phish, and other music legends. All your summer tour gear in one place! Lots more information at section119.com/gdh

TONIGHT! Joe Craven, David Gans, and Mookie Siegel

June 14th, 2023

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2023 at The Monkey House, 1638 University Avenue, Berkeley

Joe Craven and I have been performing together for more than a year now, in a variety of contexts. For this monthly (-ish) residency at the Monkey House, we’ve been inviting a third party in for shows that mix familiar songs (often in new arrangements) and lots of improvisation.

Mookie Siegel, keyboardist of the David Nelson Band, joined us for a full-band show in Berkeley in April. It was the first time Joe and Mookie had met and jammed, and the connection was a sweet one from the start! So we’ve invited him to join us in the more intimate setting of The Monkey House tonight.

Doors at 7, show 7:30-10pm. Admission is $10-40 sliding scale. Advance tickets are recommended! Email ira@themonkeyhouse.org

Thanks to Bob Minkin for the photo of Mookie!